As you read the Bible today and as you listen for the voice of the faith-building Holy Spirit, be prepared to gain new faith. Much like a newly planted seed in the compost heap, the Word of God is looking for even the smallest element of faith inside your chest cavity in which to germinate.  Read More

At the young age of 12 years, Edwards entered Yale College and graduated Valedictorian at the head of his class. He went on to become the third president of Princeton University. These facts are common knowledge. What is not as commonly known is that Edwards frequently encountered the manifest presence of Christ.  Read More

During Jesus’ discipleship ministry, He did not rebuke His disciples often. In fact, there is only one reason for which He ever rebuked His disciples—because of their unbelief. He rebuked them three times for being, “an unbelieving, sinful generation.” (Matthew 17:17, Mark 9:19, Luke 9:41) He rebuked them six times for their, “little faith.” (See Matthew 6:30, 8:26, 14:31, 16:8, 17:10, Luke 12:28).  Read More

On this day, March 20, in the year of our Lord 1858, Burton’s Theater in New York City, New York, was filled with the manifest presence of Christ. Three thousand people were miraculously converted in a single service. What a day!  Read More

“Lord, I believe.” This is always a good place to start. God not only wants you to trust Him, He wants you to express your trust in Him. No matter how small your faith is, the more you use it, the more it will grow.  Read More

Patrick was born in England, not Ireland. When he was 16 years of age, he was kidnapped by Irish pirates and held captive for four years. After he escaped God appeared to him in a dream and told him to forgive his captors and to return back to Ireland where he would serve them as a missionary.  Read More

Hudson Taylor was unquestionably a man of great faith. During his lifetime, he recorded thousands of specific answers to prayer. He was known to pray-in hundreds of thousands of dollars at just the right time from unknown sources. It was his policy to never mention a financial need publicly; he took all of his financial needs directly to the throne of God in prayer. With God as his Provider, he never went hungry.  Read More

Some people pray with a whimper. Some casually knock. Some seek if they have nothing better to do. Others, however, ask as if their life depended on it; they strain every nerve as they are seeking, and they knock until their knuckles are raw.  Read More

Everyone prays, but not everyone is devoted to prayer. A person who dabbles in prayer dabbles in the manifest presence of Christ. Anyone who dabbles in God’s presence has obviously missed the point. Those who are devoted to prayer are normally those who are devoted to God’s presence.  Read More

God wants to build your faith muscle. He not only wants you to want what He wants, He wants you to go after it with all your heart. There is nothing more relevant to muscle-building faith than asking for the nations. Asking for the nations is part of the maturing process of prayer.  Read More

When God’s manifest presence came to Jonathan Edwards church in North Hampton, Massachusetts, in 1734, the move of God started with young people. Many revivals throughout history stirred among young adults. Today, the Holy Spirit is raising up many fearless champions among college and university students.  Read More

Do not sell your children short when it comes to their ability to know God and to encounter His manifest presence. More than simply raising good kids, we want to raise godly kids—champions who forcefully advance Christ’s Kingdom.  Read More

Control central in the entire universe is not in Washington, D.C. -- nor is it in the Oval Office nor on Capitol Hill. It is not the Ayatollah in Iran, nor the Kremlin in Russia, nor the Parliament in England, nor the European Union. The New Testament shows us that control central in the entire universe is the upper room in heaven from which God carries out His will through the upper room on earth.  Read More

On this day, March 10, in the year of our Lord 2001, Armin Gesswein died. Today we honor the one whom many people called, “the apostle of the modern prayer movement.” He was a mentor to so many, including Bill Bright, founder of Campus Crusade for Christ; Billy Graham; Henrietta Mears; Chuck Smith, founder of Calvary Chapel; and Ted Engstrom, former President of World Vision.  Read More

The intimidating thought, If I give the Holy Spirit control and welcome the manifest presence of Christ, it may split my church right down the middle, has made cowards out of too many good pastors and their people. Chill out! This intimidating thought is a bold faced lie. The opposite is true—when you welcome the manifest presence of Christ to your church, you will for the first time know deep, true honest unity in your church family as never before.  Read More

Your church may not be as small as you think it is. The key to determining the size of your church is this -- in whose hands is it? Is it in your hands, or have you truly put it in God’s hands?  Read More

Welcoming the fire of God’s manifest presence sounds intimidating—even threatening. Perhaps if the thought of God setting your church on fire does not strike a healthy degree of fear in your bones, you may not have a clue what is at stake.  Read More

It is common to envy others and wish we could consistently pray with other people. The best way to learn to pray, however, is to pray with people who are right where you are. There are people around you right now who are waiting for you to invite them into an entry-level prayer partnership. You don’t need to change locations to find praying people; you need to go deeper with the people right next to you.  Read More

If you want fire, you need to ask for it. God loves to come where He is invited. He loves to manifest the reality of His flaming presence when we ask Him. The prophet Elijah lowered the tip of his sword and drew a line in the sand as he defined a universal Kingdom principle -- a principle not only for the believers of his day, but for your church as well.  Read More

On the surface, church is what we do. It is the gathering together of Christ’s followers where we love God, love each other, and love our neighbors for Jesus’ sake. Churches come in various shapes and sizes, but regardless of what it looks like, our gathering is our effort to connect with God and with His people.  Read More

Imagine first time guests walking into your church on Sunday and saying with wide-eyed wonder, “God is really among you!” That is what happens when the manifestation gifts are properly used.  Read More

Psychologists tell us that it’s impossible to feel intimate with anyone with whom we feel guilt. When our inconsistent prayer life makes us feel guilty, we are defeated before we get started. If the very environment of meeting with God makes us feel guilty and thereby prevents intimacy with God, we are obviously in serious trouble.  Read More

The Holy Spirit is always telling the truth. Always. Jesus identified the devil as the liar, and the father of lies who always lies because lying is his native language. (See John 8:44)  Read More

A good Christology will save you from virtually every other heresy. Jesus warned us in the last days many will claim, “’I am the Christ.’ And they will deceive many” (Matthew 24:5). Christology is the issue.  Read More